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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sounds like it's an honor to be selected as a National Merit Scholar but not much direct money as a result? (Schools may decide to shell out a bunch of cash to get a NMS, but that's indirect and not guaranteed).

My son didn't take any test prep and is a semi-finalist. He's pretty smart and a good test taker. Feel pretty good about his chances to become a finalist (his SAT was very good and he completed the application - so I think that gets him most of the way from semi-finalist to finalist). I highly doubt he'll be selected as a scholar. [/quote]

Right. It's an honor but money is only $2500

The real moeny could come from the schools for finalists.
https://www.nationalmerit.org/s/1758/images/gid2/editor_documents/merit_sponsor_leaflet.pdf?gid=2&pgid=61

The list is not that impressive, but there are some good schools like Vanderbilt USC BC BU NEU, Tufts, Case Western, Florida, Emory, Harvey Mudd etc.
The money each school give you varies.  A lot of them just give you $2K $3K.  Schools like Florida give you FullRide!
USC gives you 50% tuition for all 4 years.

Another thing to note is that it's an indication that these schools value the National Merit selection, so if you put it on your college resume, it can help.

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Florida no longer gives a full ride to out of state kids. That changed this year. [/quote]

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